Chapter One

Poppy - POV

It was a cold winter day when I saw him. He was standing there as if it was twenty degrees outside. He seemed to be oblivious to the fact that it was minus ten outside. It was in that moment that I knew that I just had to know him. He interested me; he intrigued me he even left me speechless which no one has been able to do for as long as I can remember. He looked so beautiful with perfect features, beautiful sandy – gold hair and in the light reflecting off of the snow on the ground he seemed to belong to nature. Almost as if he was a part of it like he belonged here.

If I could get to know him, if the two of us just spoke for a little bit, if I could break through the cold exterior that seemed to be radiating out of him. I highly doubted that he even knew I was alive. I was just Kathleen, I was the shy quiet girl who sat in the back of the class, kept her mouth shut and kept out of everyone's way. No one knew I was alive, I was nobody. Even if he did notice me and tried to talk to me, I wouldn't know what to say.

Just maybe, maybe if I got to know him and he got to know me then maybe, he could help bring me out of my shell and I could help him break through his cold exterior.

James - POV

She was looking at me. Why? Usually people don't look. I scare them, of course that is the only rational thing that should happen after all I am a natural born predator of humans. I was designed to kill them. She didn't seem to be afraid though. Her dazzling bright green eyes looked at me wonderingly, as if she were seeing the whole world.

She was so beautiful, her dark blonde hair, bright green eyes and rosy cheeks. She almost made me sorry for being what I am, almost. I couldn't help what I was, it was who I am nothing could change that. But the way she held herself, unsure of everything around her.

I had to stop thinking like this; I had to stop thinking before I could go any further. Of course, she had to have a boyfriend; I expect that the moment she walks into that hall she will walk to homeroom with him and all of her friends.

I didn't have to be romantic with her. I could simply just be her friend. Yes, that might work, just so I can get to know her, find out why she seems so appealing to me, to find out why I want to be with her, why I need to be with her. I knew though that with me being what I am, it would be dangerous, after all how could she love a vampire?